Keep calm and get creative: your best artworks about fear

Shrapnel World. Photograph: LeoJahaan/GuardianWitness

No Reservation Required. In the words of the artist, 'the greed of the 1% remains unslaked'. Photograph: slambiguous/GuardianWitness

Be afraid of the artists, be very afraid of these emerging artists. Photograph: FCRelvas22/GuardianWitness

Atelophobia. Kim-Leigh Pontin explains: 'Ateleophobia means fear of imperfection. In a digital world of pixel-pushing precision, the one-off nature of a spray-painted piece is a refreshing antidote to ctrl + Z. Working on mirrored perspex brings the viewer into the piece, questioning unrealistic expectations based on media-led ideals.' Photograph: Kimeleon/GuardianWitness

Le Paura dei Genitori (The fear of Parents). As the artist says: 'In 2001, Carlo Giuliani died in a clash with the Italian police at the G8 [summit] in Genoa … Every victim is one too many, especially when they die [because of] violence. The butterflies represent the soul of a young man who believed in freedom and fought for his dreams as an anti-globalist. No one has the right to kill someone for this. Execution is no solution. But most of all, no one wants to survive his or her child.' Photograph: WillRouwen/GuardianWitness

Overwhelming Love. The artist explains: 'I must brake this tight knot around my guts. It will make me explode. This love is overwhelming. I am drowning. Stop loving me. This love is killing me. Start loving me again.' Photograph: ElusiveGuard/GuardianWitness

Sibling Rivalry. Photograph: TonyDurrant/GuardianWitness

Red Dream. 'Gliding in until you are gone.' Photograph: Genevieve Margaret Kennedy/GuardianWitness

Nature Disappearing. Photograph: Lushmontana Lushmontanas/GuardianWitness

Suicide: Midday Suicide. Photograph: Nicholas Chistiakov/GuardianWitness

Fear of Paranoia. Photograph: Trtonw3/GuardianWitness

Judgment in the Air. The artist explains: 'I don't like judgment without knowledge.' Photograph: Parima Shahin Moghaddam/GuardianWitness